The Noma-reared chef makes a trip to Lummi Island worthwhile. By Hanna Raskin You’ll want to go to Willows Inn on Lummi Island, which appears alongside restaurants by Ferran Adrià, Thomas Keller, and Grant Achatz on gourmands’ global checklists, to mark...
LUMMI ISLAND, WASH.— The chef places a cedar bentwood box at the centre of the table for the first of six amuse-bouches. Leaning over, I lift the lid and am smacked in the nose with a heady swirl of briny smoke. “Woo hoo,” I cry, slamming the lid back down. I feel...
A Trip to Lummi Island to Find Out What All the Fuss Is About by BETHANY JEAN CLEMENT BLAINE WETZEL IS ONLY 25 And anyone who’s any kind of gourmand wants a seat at one of his tables. To get to the burning-hottest restaurant on the West Coast—if not in the entire...
By GISELA WILLIAMS From new offerings by marquee chefs to more modest openings in out-of-the-way spots, here are 10 restaurants around the globe to keep an eye on in 2011, in alphabetical order. APONIENTE EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARíA, Spain In the exclusive world of...
